Body Weight Management

Catalog description

This course is designed to teach students a comprehensive approach to weight loss. While anyone is welcome in the course, the format will be of greatest benefit to individuals trying to lose weight. Each day students will engage in a variety of physical activities including running, calisthenics, resistance training, and other exercise. Students enrolled in the class must be able to exercise. As part of the curriculum, students will have an outside-of-class exercise requirement. Students will also be taught the principles of health eating and how to calculate caloric requirements as well as develop comprehensive programs for themselves as part of class requirements. Course meets the fitness class requirement for exercise physiology majors.